Cask-washing machine.



G. G. FRELINGHUYSEN & L. A. HAWTHORNE.

CASK WASHING mcums.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9 l9l5.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

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CASK WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION F|LED APR. 5- I915.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED APR-9.- I915.

Patented Mar. 25,,1919.

j; Idl/ENTORW GEORGE G. FRELINGHUYSEN,

OF MORRIS COUNTY, AND LOUIS A. HAWTHORNE, OF

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS T STEEL UTILITIES, INCORPORATED, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

I A. HAWTHORNE, of Newark, N. J citizens I the line have made Improveof the United States,

of which ments in Cask-Washing Machines, the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cask washing machines, and more particularly to machines operating automatically to wash or cleanse casks interiorly, and in certain of its features the invention relates more especially to machines for projecting successively different washing fluids into'the interior of the cask for purposes of cleansing and sterilization prior to re-filling. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth hereinafter in part, and in part will be obvious herefrom.

The invention consists of. the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.

The -accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention,

plain the principles thereof.

1 Of the drawings:

Figures 1 and 2, taken together and placed end toend, constitute a front elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention;

Figs. 3 and 4, taken together and placed end to end, constitute a top plan of the machine shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary, central vertical section through the right hand part of the machine, and corresponds substantially to Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical section on AB of Fig. 4, with certain parts omitted, and the nozzle carrier in raised position; v

Fig. 7 is a like transverse vertical section,

substantially on the line AB of Fig. 4, but

showing the nozzle carrier bar in lower position Fig. 8 is a fragmentary vertical longitudinal section corresponding to a portion of the Specification of Letters Patent.

rollers or set of rollers is driven,

and together with the description serve to ex- CASK-WASHING MACHINE.-

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed April 9, 1915. Serial No. 20,175.

right hand end of Fig. 5, but showing the parts in different positions; and

Fig. 9 is a side elevation, largely diagrammatic, showing the supply of casks from an exterior scrubbing machine, and showing the delivery mechanism.

Referring by way of example to the exemplified embodiment of the invention, andconsidering in accordance with certain features of the invention the casks which are to be internally washed and sterilized as being supplied from mechanism for cleansing the exterior of the cask, and referring more particularly to Fig. 9 of the drawings, there is shown at the right of Fig. 9 mechanism for scrubbing the exterior of the cask. The cask a is shown mounted in a supporting cradle, comprising rollers 1 and 2 separated from each other and substantially parallel, the cask a resting thereupon. One of said so that the cask is rotated substantially about its own axis. The rollers 1 and 2 are supported upon a base or frame 3. A suitable scrubbing device or mechanism 4 1s PI'OVlClGCl, which scrubs the surface of the barrel as it rotates upon the rollers 1 and 2. A supply station or cradle 5 for the internal cask washing mechanism is provided, shown in Fig. '9, at the left of the scrubbing mechanism just described, and also shown at the right hand ends of Figs. 2 and 1, in fragmentary form. The cradle 5 receives the cask from the eX- ternal washer, and is stationary, and is inclined downwardly at 6 and 7 upon either side of the position of rest for the cask b,

' which has just been exteriorly cleansed at a Means are provided by the invention for like devices,

driven to rotate the cask automatically supplying the casks to the internal washing mechanism, and means are likewise provided for alining the casks both circumferentially and longitudinally to bring the bung holes of the casks in alinement with the fluid projecting nozzles .or which project the cleansing fluid into the cask. In the embodied form of such means, a station or cradle, indicated at c in Fig. 9, and shown at the right in Figs. 2 and 5, and also shown in Fig. 8., is provided.

. passes on, through the machine to be internally washed.

The stop 12 is pivotally mounted upon a shaft 13, upon which shaft the rolls 11 are also mounted, the rolls 11 in the present instance being idle rolls and the rolls 10 being driven.- The shaft ,13is carried upon a pair of arms 14, which arms are pivotally mounted upon a shaft 15. Theshaft 15 is carried by arms 16, which arms are conveniently supported upon the shaft 18, and upon a' cross stay 17 fixed to the machine frame 19.

Upon the shaft 18 and'rotating therewith,"

' is. a cam 20. Cooperating with the cam 20 is a cam roll 21 rotatively carried by the arms 14*. The stop 12 has an enlarged end or arm 22 extending beyond the pivotal suport 13, said large end 22 serving as a counter alance to cause the stop 12 to enter a cask bung hole by the action of gravity. Said enlarged end 22 also serves as an arm, which is operated on by the cam 20 to swing the i sition to stopout of the" alined bung hole when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. -8. e downward swinging of the arms 14 from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the poshown in Fig. 8 by lowering rollers 11' serves likewise to deliver the aline'd cask tothe mechanism which progresses or travels the cask farth'er'through the machine, as will, be later more. fully described.

eans areprovided for alining the cask longitudinally of itself so as to bring the bung-hole longitudinally in alinement with,

l the stop 12, in cooperation with its being brought cireumferentially in alinement with the stop by the rollers 10 and.;11. In the embodied form of such means, they cooperate with the means .for automatically supplying the cask from the supply. station to the aliningstation, as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 9. In such embodied form, ad acent to each "40, which is shown double,

.tion of the shaft 18.-

end of the cask at the alining station 0 are arms '30, each aim being provided with an 7 alining roll 31. v j

The arms 30, respectively, are mounted on shafts 32, and fixed to saidshafts, resp'eo- I tively', are arms 33. Each of the arms "33 2 and-'4. In each of the slotted ends of the levers 33, work arms 34, which arms are fixed to a shaft 35. Fixed also to the shaft 35 are arms 36, said arms extending beneath the cask b at the supply station.- Means are has its free end slotted, as shown in Figs.

provide'dfor rocking the shaft 35 to effect the'operative movement of the parts just described, and in the embodied form of, such means there is fixed to the shaft 35 ashort arm 37. Cooperating with the arm is a longitudinally .slidabile latch 38, sli ably mounted in a guideway 39 on the machine frame. Fixed to the shaft 18 is thusgiving two actuations to the shaft 35 during each rotaa cam finger The manner of operation of the foregoing described mechanism may be briefly summarized as follows:-

The cask after being externally cleansed at the station a is automatically deliveredto the supply station I). As the shaft '18 rotates, the cam finger 40, enga ing the slid-- ing latch 38, pushes the finger 3 to the-right in Fig. 2,rockingshaft 35, arms 36 thus being 6 out of the lifted upwardly to lift the cask cradle 5, the cask thus rolling to the left in Fig. 9 onto the alining station or cradle c. As the mechanism moves backwardly in the opposite direction, after the finger 40 has passed the latch 38,the arms .30 are moved or swunginwardly toward the center of the machine, the rolls 31 thereby engaging the cask and longitudinally alining it. Suitable weights or sprmgs may be used on the lever 3 6 or elsewhere if desired.

In the embodied form of the machine, and e in accordance with certain features of the t invention, the casks are successively subjected to internal washings by various cleansing agents, as for. instance first by cold .water, then by hot water, then by steam, and finally,;

again by cold' water. In the embodied form,

the alining casks are deliveredto traveling cradles 45, which cradles are connected together by sprocket chains 46 at either slde of the machine. The caskspassingalong in, their cradles from one washing mechanism t? another, and. being subjected to the; action 0 ing finally d scharged from the machine. The sprocket chains-46 are supported and the washin fluid as they travel, and be-- guided by suitable means such as horizon-.

tally arranged Z-bars 47 and 48 supporting the upper reaches thereof and angle bars 49 and 50 supporting the lower reaches thereof. The sprocketchains 46 passjover sprocket wheels 51 and 52 fixed to the shaft 18 at the right hand end of the machine and the sprocket chains run likewise over sprocket wheels 53 and 54 at the left hand of the machine, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

In accordance with one feature of the invention, the various fluid injecting nozzles travel short distances with the successive casks, the fluid being injected into the casks and the washing of the cask interiors successively by the different fluids proceeding as the casks travel through the machine in their cradles, one fluid injecting nozzle being retracted from the bung hole of one cask and returning to meet a succeeding oncoming cask, the next fluid injecting nozzle is alined with said bung hole to inject the next succeeding cleansing fluid. As embodied, a

. plurality of nozzles are mounted in a carrier movement along with the traveling'casks and \plates 66, is then dropped to a lower p 60, which comprises a longitudinally arranged bar extending horizontally within the frame'of the machine. In the carrier 60 are mounted, properly spaced apart, a succession of fluid injecting nozzles 61 eachsupplied by a pipe or conduit 62. Each pipe 62 is supp-lied with a valve 63, said valves being automatically opened and closed in a suitable manner, and as embodied a spring pressed rod 64 for each valve is mounted in the carrier 60 and positioned so that when the nozzle enters the cask bunghole, the rod comes in contact .with the cask and the valve 63 is opened and as the nozzle is withdrawn the valve is closed.

Means are provided for giving the-nozzles backwardly to meet a succeeding oncoming cask, and also movement to and from the cask bung hole. In the embodied form of such mechanism, the-carrier 60 is provided at either side thereof with series of pins 65.

Mounted upon the frame of the machine, at either side of the carrier 60, and cooperating with the pins 65, are pairs of supporting and guiding plates 66, which plates are provided with suitably shaped trackways or runways 67, whereby the carrier 60 moves in one direction in one horizontal plane on top of ane, is moved backwardly inthe opposite direction in runways 67, and is then lifted again to repeat the movement. Q-ther component parts of such mechanism comprise down-. wardlyprojecting rods 68, fixed to the car rier in a su'table manner, and provided at their'lowere ds with screw threaded adjustments 69. Each of the cradles 45 isprovided with a cross bar 70 extending transversely from one side to the other. Mounted in the lower part of each'pair ofthe plates 66 is a shaft 71. Pivotally mounted upon the shaft 71 is a lever having one arm 72 positionedso as to be engaged by the downwardly project-i ing rod'6-8, the other arm 7 2 ofsald lever ed in one of the cradles 45 carried by the sprocket chains. The cask thus comes to rest in its cradle with the bung hole in alinement with the succession of liquid injecting nozzles arranged along the machine, and is carried along by the travel of the sprocket chains. Fig. 5 shows the carrier at the right hand end of its travel and in raised position with the nozzles entered into the cask bung holes. Carrier 60' moves to the left, and at the left hand end of its travel the pins 65 pass off the top of plates 66' and the carrier 60 drops, resting on the hubs of levers 72, thereby retracting the nozzles 61 from the cask bung holes, and placing thepins 65 in alinement to enter the guideways 67. The rods 68 have dropped below the plane of the crossbars 70 carried on the various. cradles 45, from the position shown in Fig. 6 to that shown in Fig. 7, and as the bars 70 continue to move toward the right, they engage the rods 68, and thus move the carrier 60 with them toward the right-to the position shown in Fig. 5. At the right hand end of the travel of carrier 60, the rods 68 engage the lever arms 72, and lever arms 72 raise the carrier 60 again to the position shown' in Fig. 5, thereby also lifting the rods 68 clear from cross bars 7 Ofrom the position shown in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 6. By the lifting of carrier 60 the nozzles 61 are again entered into the cask bung holes. When the ends of the plates 66 are reached, the carrier 60 is again permitted to drop, the valves 63 are closed, and the mechanism is in osition to repeat the cycle of operation a ready described.

The form of delivery shown comprises an inclined plane 80, adapted to receive the completely cleansed and sterilized cask h from its cradle 45 as the latter begins to rotate about the sprocket wheels 53 and 54.

Suitable devices' are provided for keeping the proper tension upon the sprocket chains,

threaded into a nut 85 in the machine frame,

and the journal box 83 is provided with an adp to secure by Letters Patent'is:

- 'justing screw 86 threaded in a nut 87 in the machine frame.

Suitable drivin means are provided, and

in the embodied orm thereof a gear 90 on shaft 18 meshes with and is driven by a, pinion 91, sleeved on shaft 35. Also sleeved on shaft and fixed to pinion 91 is a gear 92. Gear 92 meshes with a pinion 93 on shaft 8, and sprocket 94 is also fastened onshaft 8.

Sprocket '94 may be connected by a chain 95 to any convenient source of power, as a coun'tershaft 96.

It will also be understood that the inventio'n'in its broader aspects is not limited to the precise form shown and described, but

that changes may be made therein within the scope of the claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages.

VVhat'we claim as our invention and desire 1. A cask washing machine including in combination, means for alining and arresting a cask with the bung hole in nozzle recelving position, means for conveying the cask, and a nozzle and means for inserting it-into the bung hole. and retracting it therefromand rcturning it independentlyof the cask conveyer to meet another cask.

' 2. A cask washing machine including in combination a-cask conveyer, means for alining and arresting a cask and seating it upon the conveyer, a nozzle and meansfor inserting it into the cask bunghole after the cask is seated on the conveyer and for retractin and returning-it independently of the cask conveyer to meet another" cask.

3. A cask washin machine includingv in combination an en es conveyer carrying a caskalong a straight path, means for alln- .ing and seating a cask on the conveyer, and

a nozzle for injectingfluid into the cask on the conveyer, and means for traveling the nozzle along a part only of the path of the casll: and for returning it to meet another cas 1. v 4

4. ;A cask washing machine including in combination an' endless conveyer carrying a cask along astr'aight path, means for alming' and seating a cask onthe conveyer, and a, nozzle for inJecting fluid into the caskon the conveyer, and .a carrier .for the nozzle traveling to. and fro beneath' the path'of the cask.- 4

5. A cask washing machine including in Y combmatlon means'for'washmg the interior of the cask, means for traveling a cask to said washing meansi1 and means for. alining a caskwith said was ing means, said lining means comprisinga stop coiiperating with the cask bung hole, aplurality of rollers for rotating the cask including a roller movable to dehver the almed cask to said traveling imeans.

\ 6. A caskwashing machine including in combination means for washing the interior of the cask, means for traveling a cask to said washing means, and means for alining a cask with said washing means, said alining means comprising a stop cooperating with the cask bung hole, a plurality of rollers for thereon for moving said roller and with-' drawing said stop from the cask bung.

8. A; cask Washing machine including in combination. a. series of cask cradles connected to travel together, a series of nozzles for injecting fluid through the cask'bung holes mounted independently of and traveling with said cradles, means for successively alining said nozzles with the casks on successive cradles to inject thereinto difl'erent washing fluids while traveling therewith,.

means operated by the cask for turning on the washing fluid as a nozzle passes into alinement with the cask and for turnin it ofl as the nozzle passes out of such almement.

9. A cask washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles connected to travel together, a series of nozzles for injecting fluid through the cask bung holes mounted independently of and traveling with said cradles, said nozzles being successively alined with the casks on successive cradles to inject thereinto ditlerent washing fluids while tra velin therewith, means for turnin on the was ing fluid as a nozzle passes mto'alinement and for turning it ofi as the nozzle passes out of alinement and means for alinm a cask bun spect to said nozz e and depositing an alined cask on each successive cradle.

. .110. A cask washing machine including in combination mealijislfor traveling a seriesof 'casks, a nozzle for injecting a washing fluid into the cask bung hole and travelingfa part of the way withsaid cask'traveling means hole with re- I i 1.

and means for causingthe nozzle to move"to-- v 1 Ward"- and from the bung hole and to move with the caskand backward t meet ceeding cask.-

combination means for traveling a sericsl of 'casks, a nozzle forinjecting a washing-fluid 11. ,A cask washing machine including in i into the cask bung hole, said nozzle traveling with the cask in one direction andreturning independently, and means for causin the nozzle to move toward and from the bung hole and to move with the cask and backward independently of the cask traveling means to meet a succeeding cask and means for automatically turning on and off the washing fluid.

12. A cask washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles connected to travel together in a horizontal plane, a nozzle for injecting fluid through the cask bung holes, said nozzle being mounted independently of but traveling with said cradles, and means for inserting the nozzle into the bung holes and retracting it therefrom.

13. A cask washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles connected to travel together in a horizontal plane, a nozzle for injecting fluid through the cask bung holes, said nozzles traveling with said cradles in one direction and returning independently, means for inserting the nozzle into the bung holes and retracting it therefrom, and means for turning on andoff the washing fluid as the nozzle is inserted and retracted.

14. A cask washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles connected to travel together in a horizontal plane, a nozzle for injecting fluid through the cask bung holes, said nozzle being mounted independently of but traveling with said cradles, means for inserting the nozzle into the bung holes and retracting it therefrom, and means engaging the cask for turning on pen and off the washing fluid as thenozzle is inserted and retracted. v

15. A cask washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles connected to travel together in a horizontal plane, a nozzle for lnjecting fluid throu h the cask bung holes, and a carrier there or having movement apart from the cask cradles, means for inserting the nozzle into a bung hole and retracting it therefrom, and means for traveling the nozzle with the cask while the nozzle is inserted in the bung hole. 16. A cask Washing machine including in combination a series of cask cradles traveling together in a pathway, a plurality of fluid injectin nozzles mounted independb ently of the cask cradles, means for inserting into and retracting from a bung hole the and means for various nozzles successively,

with the casks causing the nozzles to travel while inserted thereinto.

17. A cask washing machine including in combination horizontal trackways, a series of cask cradles resting upon and traveling alon the trackways, a nozzle mounted indeently of the cask cradles, for injecting means for inserting the noz washing fluid,

bung hole and retracting it zle into a cask therefrom.

In testimony wheredf, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE G. FRELINGHUYSEN. LOUISA. HAWTHORNE.

Witnesses:

ROBERT B. BRADLEY, ERNEST M. TAPNER. 

